Quran 46:31 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Our people, respond to the one who calls you to God. Believe in Him: He will forgive you your sins and protect you from a painful torment.’
يَا قَوْمَنَا أَجِيبُوا دَاعِيَ اللَّهِ وَآمِنُوا بِهِ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِنْ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُجِرْكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
yāqawmanā ajībū dāʿiya l-lahi waāminū bihi yaghfir lakum min dhunūbikum wayujir'kum min ʿadhābin alīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O our people, answer God's summoner, and believe in Him, and He will forgive you some of your sins, and protect you from a painful chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- “O our people! Respond to God’s call, and have faith in Him: He will forgive you [whatever is past] of your sins, and deliver you from grievous suffering [in the life to come].
- Sahih International
- O our people, respond to the Caller [i.e., Messenger] of Allāh and believe in him; He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive for you your sins and protect you from a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰقَوْمَنَآyāqawmanā | O our people | قوم |
| 2 | أَجِيبُوا۟ajībū | Respond | جوب |
| 3 | دَاعِىَdāʿiya | (to the) caller | دعو |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 5 | وَءَامِنُوا۟waāminū | and believe | أمن |
| 6 | بِهِۦbihi | in him | — |
| 7 | يَغْفِرْyaghfir | He will forgive | غفر |
| 8 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 9 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 10 | ذُنُوبِكُمْdhunūbikum | your sins | ذنب |
| 11 | وَيُجِرْكُمwayujir'kum | and will protect you | جور |
| 12 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 13 | عَذَابٍʿadhābin | a punishment | عذب |
| 14 | أَلِيمٍۢalīmin | painful | ألم |